November 15th, 2017 – November 17th, 2017
Phoenix Convention Center - West Building

Get Active, Get Outside, Be Sun Safe!

One in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetimes. The good news is, skin cancer is preventable! This session will prepare participants to implement Ray and the Sunbeatables™: A Sun Safety Curriculum for Preschoolers,Kindergarteners and First-Grade Students. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center developed Sunbeatables™. The evidence-based curriculum educates children, parents and teachers about sun protection and promotes sun safety behaviors in an effort to reduce children’s lifetime risk of developing skin cancer. The entire curriculum and supporting materials is available for free at sunbeatables.org. The curriculum’s theme is sun protection is a superpower. As a result of the curriculum, children will: express why sun protection is important and demonstrate how to protect their skin from the sun.

Why it Works

CATCH is based on the CDC Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model in which health education, school environment, and family/community involvement work together to support youth in a healthy lifestyle.

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About
Catch Global Foundation

The CATCH Global Foundation is a 501(c)3 public charity founded in 2014. Our mission is to improve children’s health worldwide by developing, disseminating and sustaining the CATCH platform in collaboration with researchers at UTHealth and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The foundation links underserved schools and communities to the resources necessary to create and sustain healthy change for future generations. The founding partners of the CATCH Global Foundation are MD Anderson Cancer Center, the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, the RGK Foundation and UTHealth.

CATCH® is a registered trademark of The Regents of the University of California. Ray and the Sunbeatables™, Ray & the Sunbeatables™, Sunbeatables™, and the Ray and the Sunbeatables characters are trademarks of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.